Acceptance Quotes

For this month’s link-up on Acceptance, we have gathered a few quotes for you. Most of these were provided by Marcia Shaw Wyatt of Blogitudes, and she also provided the beautiful graphic.

Enjoy the quotes!

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. ~ Ralph Marston

Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it. ~ Michael J. Fox

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ~ Nathaniel Branden

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. ~ Jessica Lange

What accepts is awareness. The truth of what you are is what accepts. The most you can do is intend to accept. It is a willingness that aligns you with your awareness. – Tara Brach,

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